(VOVworld) – Vietnam’s Embassy in the Czech Republic organized a gala dinner in Prague to celebrate the 67^th anniversary of Vietnamese-Czech diplomatic relations and welcome to Lunar New Year 2017.

Insignias of Friendship were given to Czech people who have made outstanding contributions to Vietnamese-Czech relations (photo: baotintuc.vn)

Ambassador Truong Manh Son said bilateral relations had improved broadly in politics, economiocs, and culture. Bilateral trade revenues in 2016 reached 1 billion USD, an increase of 22% compared with that in 2015. Vietnam Airlines is planning direct flights between Vietnam and the Czech Republic. Ambassador Son said: “On the 67^th anniversary of dipl;omatic relations, we’d like to show more of Vietnam to the Czech people and politicians. This year’s goal is diplomacy to serve economic cooperation and bilateral relations in general.”